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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Heliconia

Hierarchical position of the Genus Heliconia

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Liliopsida Brongn. pub. Enum. Pl. Mus. Paris: xv, 17. 12 Aug 1843. common name: Monocots       Subclassis  Zingiberidae Cronquist pub. 1978       SuperOrdo  Zingiberanae Takht. ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 74: 179. 25 Mar 1993.       Ordo  Zingiberales Griseb. pub. Grundr. Syst. Bot.: 167. Jan-Jun 1854.       Familia  Heliconiaceae (A. Rich.) Nakai pub. J. Jap. Bot. 17: 201. Apr 1941. common name: Heliconias    Subfamilia  Heliconioideae K. Schum pub. Lehrb. Syst. Bot.: 291. Jun 1894.    Tribus  Heliconieae A. Rich. pub. Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 15:    Genus  Heliconia L. pub. (1771) common name: heliconia

Named members of the Genus Heliconia

1	Species  bihai (L.) L. common name: macawflower
2	Species  caribaea Lam. common name: lobsterclaw
3	Species  latispatha Benth. common name: expanded lobsterclaw
4	Species  metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. common name: shining bird of paradise
5	Species  psittacorum L. f. common name: parakeetflower
6	Species  subulata Ruiz & Pav�n common name: Guatemalan bird of paradise

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.